LOVE Declaration

Dear Ah Nor,

I had all the free time in the world today to type a love letter to you.

So how should I start?

My dearest, I want to let you know that I really appreciate your love for me. I cherish you and thank God that you are in my life. It has been a beautiful journey for me for the past three years. You have been a great companion and confidante. You have become so part of my life that I can no longer bear the thought of losing you though the Lord has always reminded me that you are not mine. You are His. Actually, the fact that you are His is a grace beyond measure. Many of my friends have partners too but they find themselves unequally yoked with their other halves. By God’s mercy, I found you, the rare, unrefined gem. God has intervened and allowed me to discover the vast potential in you to become a great man of God. And I am privileged to witness this sanctification process with you.

Are you shuddering from the mushy words? Well, once in a while, you do deserve to be praised and appreciated for who you are and what you have done...

I want to thank you for the many moments shared as a friend, confidante, companion, lover, boyfriend, brother, leader and supporter. Your presence in my life has been a blessing thus far and words can no longer suffice to describe my gratitude to God and you for our relationship (one that is brought together by fate, an end-time union, I believe).

I want to thank you for the many special moments when you warmed my heart and loved me. I remember the times when you pushed me around in the airport luggage trolley from terminal to terminal, when we held our forts on the double bed and behind the cupboard respectively during the socks fight, when you pick me up from the bus stop with an umbrella on a rainy day, when you prepared a treasure hunt for the kinder surprise eggs, when you chased after me yesterday on our anniversary day to stand by me when I am weary and drained out…etc.

From time to time you asked me why I love you. Well, I love you because you are who you are. Because my love for you was planned before the world came into creation, it was predestined to be stirred up for you. My heart wavered in the season of time for courtship and you came along during the Children’s Camp that year, 2003. But how could I then? We struggled with each other and wrestled individually with God for a long, long time (before and during courtship), until we found the answer that guarded our walk. We were the answered prayers in each other’s lives. Prayers made innocently long ago to a God who honors our heart’s desires and whose plans secure us and give us a good future, loaded with confirmations as we work towards a decision to share our life journey together.

You. You are the man whom God brought into my life to warm my heart. You are the laughter in times of sorrow, the comfort in times of pain, the voice in times of loss, the light illuminating the darkness, the strength in times of weariness, and the love in the place of void. No, I am not saying that you replace God, but you, you are a very special part of me, and you become more and more in my life over time. And you, you are used mightily by God to demonstrate and channel His love to me, to encourage me as I take on the demanding life challenges in this transient journey on earth.

To end off this love declaration =P, I just want to thank you. Thank you for choosing me even though it was the Lord who prompted you to love me. And I just want you to know how much I appreciated you, as a creation and a person, a companion and a friend, a Christian and a brother, a lover and a leader.

Thank you so much.
Thank you Ah Nor.

I love you.

Love in Christ
Ariel